1Esdr 6:10
And those works are done with great speed, and the work goeth
on prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence
is it made.

1Esdr 6:11
Then asked we these elders, saying, By whose commandment
build ye this house, and lay the foundations of these works?

1Esdr 6:12
Therefore to the intent that we might give knowledge unto
thee by writing, we demanded of them who were the chief doers,
and we required of them the names in writing of their principal
men.

1Esdr 6:13
So they gave us this answer, We are the servants of the Lord
which made heaven and earth.

1Esdr 6:14
And as for this house, it was builded many years ago by a
king of Israel great and strong, and was finished.

1Esdr 6:15
But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned
against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over
into the power of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, of the
Chaldees;